Redshift crashes on startup

[Gouchi]

1) lsb_release -rd

Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10

2) apt-cache policy redshift
redshift:
  Installed: 1.7-2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.7-2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.7-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ quantal/universe armhf Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What you expected to happen
The application loads fine.

4) What happened instead
The application crashed on starting just after the loading screen.

uname -a
Linux 3.1.10-6-ac100 #9-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 3 16:27:06 UTC 2012 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux

 gdb /usr/bin/redshift
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Reading symbols from /usr/bin/redshift...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /usr/bin/redshift
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libthread_db.so.1".

(process:7374): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_instance_get_private: assertion `instance != NULL && instance->g_class != NULL' failed

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x40018852 in geoclue_master_client_set_requirements () from /usr/lib/libgeoclue.so.0

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: redshift 1.7-2ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.1.10-6-ac100 armv7l
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: armhf
Date: Tue Dec 25 00:45:22 2012
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: redshift
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Javier López (javier-lopez)]

It gets fixed by installing a geoclue position provider, eg:

$ sudo apt-get install geoclue-ubuntu-geoip

And later

$ redshift

Makes the problem go away, it's related with bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/redshift/+bug/806364

I'd say that the Ubuntu package should install a geoclue provider by default with this package, the other way to establish a location is through the 'gnome-clock' which is now deprecated in favor of Unity.
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